A jewelry store security guard in Ecuador was caught in dramatic video pacing nervously after a group of criminals attached an explosive vest to his chest.
In a scene which could have been plucked straight out of Hollywood, a jewelry store security guard in Ecuador was caught pacing nervously as experts diffused a dynamite vest placed on him by a group of criminals.
According to the National Police, the crooks kidnapped the guard late Wednesday and took him to the jewelry store the next day.A jewelry store guard in Ecuador spent three harrowing hours with a bomb attached to his body by a group of criminals.Explosives experts gave the visibly upset man instructions before one of them, clad in a bulky armor suit, deactivated the device.
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